# Weapons (2025)

> When nearly an entire elementary-school class vanishes at the same moment, a grieving Pennsylvania community descends into occult paranoia, violent suspicion, and fractured mystery.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1036171

## Facts

- Runtime: 129 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Director: Zach Cregger
- Cast: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26581740/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: foreboding, visceral, paranoid, late-night horror viewing, halloween night

## Synopsis

A small town's darkest secrets are unearthed as children vanish without a trace, leaving terror in their wake.

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